USGS – JANUARY 2023
WORLDWIDE – 98 MILLION TONS
- BOLIVIA – 21 MILLION TONS
- ARGENTINA – 20 MILLION TONS
- THE US – 12 MILLION TONS
- CHILE – 11 MILLION TONS
- AUSTRALIA – 7.9 MILLION TONS
- CHINA – 6.8 MILLION TONS
- GERMANY – 3.2 MILLION TONS
- CONGO (KINSHASA) – 3 MILLION TONS
- CANADA – 2.9 MILLION TONS
- MEXICO – 1.7 MILLION TONS
- CZECHIA – 1.3 MILLION TONS
- SERBIA – 1.2 MILLION TONS
- RUSSIA – 1 MILLION TONS
- PERU – 880,000 TONS
- MALI – 840,000 TONS
- BRAZIL – 730,000 TONS
- ZIMBABWE – 690,000 TONS
- SPAIN – 320,000 TONS;
- PORTUGAL – 270,000 TONS
- NAMIBIA – 230,000 TONS
- GHANA – 180,000 TONS
- FINLAND – 68,000 TONS
- AUSTRIA – 60,000 TONS
- KAZAKHSTAN – 50,000 TONS
BOTH, COMMERCIALLY VIABLE AND NON-VIABLE RESERVES.
BOLIVIA, THOUGH, HAVING LARGEST RESERVES, HAS FAILED TO COME ON THE PRODUCTION CHARTS.
NONE OF THE BOLIVIAN RESERVES ARE LISTED AS COMMERCIALLY VIABLE.